Event Coverage Speed Demon crashes

For those of you who follow such things. The Speed Demon spun and rolled at the 3 today. Driver is OK. Car not so much. Check their web site or Mike Cooks web site of LandSpeed.com for more info.

 

bummer, cant "like" this, glad he is ok

 

Who was driving, George?

 

Terrible, glad the driver is ok, that car was a masterpiece of engineering...

 

better link, and yes George was driving but okay.
http://blogs.hotrod.com/breaking-speed-demon-crashes-at-bonneville-driver-poteet-ok-133351.html

 

Yes, a masterpiece of engineering, and George has big balls. Very impressive endeavor, glad he is o.k.!

 

Bad news, glad Poteet is OK. Speed Demon was an awesome car.

 

Good to hear he's OK. George is a living legend.

 

Yeah, well it's landracing.com. I was pretty close. For me anyway.

 

Friend at the scene told me the first thing George said to Ron Main was "Can you fix it?"

 

George is a tough old bird,thank God he didn't get seriously injured. HRP

 

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=1539904049556641

If you haven't seen this before, it is kind of interesting

 

Wow, That was intense, glad your OK!

 

Man oh man what a ride. VERY glad George is ok, Speed Demon can be rebuilt.

 

That was crazy. I wonder if something broke? That car has been rock solid from the start, and has made more 400mph plus runs than any other car ever.

 

Looks like a side wind pushed the front end to the right. Inline front tires. There was no "hop" to indicate a blown tire. Glad George was OK.......and the camera.

 

The course was soft down about the three. We went home after World of Speed because the Shootout had been postponed. A day later, it was decided to "test".

 

Wow, just wow! Get well soon George.
-Pat

 

The new Speed Demon pics! 800lbs lighter, and redesigned. Will this one get George over the 500mph mark????? From FB today:
"Can you spot what's different about the new Speed Demon? A lot of it is under the skin, but these pictures show some significant changes. The car is 830 pounds lighter at 4,128 lbs. with George and all fluids on board. Imagine what that's worth. All heavy components have been moved as low as possible in the car and the engine is set forward 10 inches to achieve 64% weight on the rear tires. Adding 50 pounds in the nose box changes it to 63%. The air scoop was found to be ineffective with minimal pressure so it is replaced with direct oval shaped side inlets just ahead of the turbo inlets. There is a slight positive pressure on the body at that point. Losing the air scoop helps make the tail more effective too. The other changes include new canopy mods flush mounted exhaust stacks and the lower body sweeps much farther back past the rear wheels. _John Baechtel photo"